censorship

The British Silent Film Festival: What the Silent Censor Saw

by Helen Cox 23 April 2012

Last Friday evening, the Cambridge Arts Picturehouse hosted an event with Lucy Betts of the British Board of Film Classification [BBFC] who are celebrating their centenary this year. The event was part of the 15th Annual British Silent Film Festival and the proceedings opened with a bit of an uneasy joke around the fact that even though this gathering was [...]

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Human Centipede II [Full Sequence] Classified 18

by Helen Cox 6 October 2011

By Helen Cox After  four months of discussion and debate with distributors Eureka Entertainment (Bounty Films’ UK distributor) the BBFC have classified The Human Centipede II [Full Sequence], awarding it an 18 certificate with cuts. The film was originally rejected by the BBFC in June, a decision which was almost instantly appealed and the two [...]

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Beef with the BBFC: The Human Centipede II et cetera

by Lee Cassanell 8 June 2011

By Lee Cassanell Throughout the 80s a cousin of mine with a connection in Saudi Arabia was the proud owner of one of the greatest pirate video collections in the land. Not only did he receive the latest US cinema releases long before they hit the UK he also acquired an extensive collection of banned [...]

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